Pysanky with the Christian symbol
of crosses and the symbols of the sun.
All pysanky are very symbolic and magic. The symbol of the sun means
happiness, new life.

Pysanky with the design of "forty
triangles", which in reality consists of 48 triangles. In pagan
times each triangle symbolized a wish, in Christian times it became
a symbol of the 40 days of lent, the 40 martyrs or the 40 days that
Christ spent in the desert.

Pysnaky with different symbols...
Horses are the symbols of kind, good spirits; flowers are the symbols
of life.

Pysnaky with different symbols

Pysanky with different symbols,
fish is the symbol of health, then they began to symbolize Jesus Christ
as well; with church, and the birds which bring sping.

Pysanky with different symbols.
Pysanky can be with a colored background and just a white background,
such pysanky are called "painted in a free manner" or "clean"
pysanky... you can see some of them with the flowers symbol.

Pysanky typical for the Bukovyna
region of Ukraine

Pysanky with different symbols

Pysanky with different symbols,
horse, church, birds.

Pysanky with the symbols of
the Son and Cross

Pysanky with different symbols
by Liubov Ktytorova and Tetiana Vlenenko